Monday, September 25, 2006
(5:20 PM) | Adam Kotsko:
Sick and Self-Deprecating
Last night I came down with a sudden "allergy attack" (apparently misdiagnosed), then this morning I could barely get out of bed. I planned to power through the day, but at the first significant lull in activity, I realized how incredibly tired I was and that I was apparently running a fever, so I headed home.Now I'm waking up from my nap and am noticing a pattern of self-critique throughout the day. I felt really bad about the following:
- Not finishing the paper I had planned to write Sunday -- although it's for a conference that's still two months away
- Not cleaning the house often enough -- particularly not yesterday, since I was so non-busy not-writing that paper
- Not getting my ex-girlfriend flowers often enough
- Leaving work early today because I felt sick -- even though I can easily make up the time later
- Persistent failure to begin my directed reading for this semester -- which I have not even planned yet with the professor who is directing it
